We stand alone waryaraxan. We have been betrayed, by those who once loved us the most. We have been betrayed by those who once depended on us the most. At our time of weakness, they abandoned us. They killed us and use our blood to save those who would kill more of us. They ran off to far countries and married men who were not us.
Enough with the dramatic intro... I'm talking about the 20 somethings and younger MEN who have been betrayed. who betrayed us? Our woman betrayed us, and still do. Our leaders betrayed us and still do. Our role models and elders have betrayed us, and still do......
What am i talking about? i'll start with the older generation. Usually, one generation passes on and a new one starts to take over. The newer generation inherits the ingenuity and progress the older generation has left behind. Then we, the younger gen build on that. You know what those old bastards left for us? they left us nothing but destruction and self hate. A shit nation that cant even feed its people. They left us to start at the bottom while we are pissed on by every fucking nation that has the need to relieve itself ( Ethiopians took a nice long piss on us). They left us with no schools or work, No history or unity, No even hope. They threw us a bag of khat and told us to take it easy. Those fucking pricks. if you scroll up, in my first paragraph, i mention that they drained our blood and gave it to themselves so they may kill more of us. Its a true story. in 1988, government Somali soldiers raided a Somali high school. they took 50 students and hook them up to needles. The soldiers then bleed the 50 students dry and gave the blood to injured soldiers in the battle field so that they may kill more of us. Wallahi you fucking bastards ruined your future. You did this your kids huh? The children of the nation. You did this to us? May you burn in hell.
Now the woman.... at a time that we need you the most, to stand by us while our wounds heal (oh and they will heal, things wont be like this forever). At a time like this, you are day dreaming about Steve, the lead hero in your most recently read romance novel. Don't you realize that you kick us in the teeth while we are down, instead of helping us up so that we may stand? You hate us, but you are you because of us. We are your fathers and brothers.... and as you run away from us, you run away from yourselves. So as you try to live out scenes from the TV show "sex in the city " when you run away to New York. Or as you finally get hoyo to accept that you will be vacationing in the Caribbean for 3 months, Or maybe marry your long time boy friend James.... Remember that us young men see this, and it brings on a rush of throat burning, eye tearing anger mixed with discust and pain. We feel this for about 10 minutes, then comes an empty self loathing helplessness, because we know, that we have been betrayed...
3 comments:
Sometimes we just need to focus on the good and hope for the best. Standing reminiscing on the past only means haboring resentment, cleaning the slate and beginning a new could however mean change. Just a thought. There is the good and the bad, but i rather focus on the good and work towards the best.
ps.. Hargeisa is a wicked place, u'll have loads of fun. Crowded like a motha in the summertime but u'll find ur way.
Man, you're unfair.
Salam Brother, i completely agree with you when it comes to the generation betrayl. But Somali women betraying the men? I think a stronger argument could be made for the other way around..Generally (and i am generalizing here) somali girls do better for themselves than the men, in terms of achieving goals and making something of themselves. While too many of our men are busy getting shot or thrown in jail. And im sad to say that often times the ones that are not are just bumming around, failing to take any real initiative in building their future.Im sorry but it is the men who have let us down. From the MIA fathers to the young men who dont seem to measure up.
And most girls dont chase after some impossible fantasty about some hollywood created idea of a man. But when they dont find a 'real man' in their communities who can blame them for going outside of it?
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